breakdown of society

collocation in English

meaningsofbreakdownandsociety

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breakdown
noun
uk
/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/us
/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/
a failure to work or ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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If continued, it could lead to thebreakdownofsociety.
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In brief, they must be charged with contributing—albeit unintentionally—to thebreakdownofsocietyand to the increase in crime.
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Their work reveals another aspect of thebreakdownofsocietyin those areas.
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It might mean thebreakdownofsociety, anarchy, privation and great distress.
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All the police and private security guards will not be enough to prevent thebreakdownofsociety.
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Does she agree with him that that is part of thebreakdownofsocietyunder the stress of unemployment?
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Briusova takes the sectarian ferment as a sign of intellectual vigor, not of thebreakdownofsociety.
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In it he detailed a coming environmental disaster andbreakdownofsocietycaused by greed and the squandering of resources.
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Beyond that, people who are survivalists prepare for a futurebreakdownofsociety.
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A spectacular meteorite shower unexpectedly renders most of humanity blind, leading to thebreakdownofsocietyliterally overnight.
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Amery addresses thebreakdownofsociety, overpopulation, pollution, greed and violence.
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Thebreakdownofsocietyis near total.
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